The Definite Article

In an unassuming wing of the University of Birmingham’s then spanking-brand-new Shackleton Hall, regularly seeking refuge from a menacing bass line from a downstairs flat, two unassuming chaps with a shared penchant for ‘rock’ in the 1980s sense of the word were flung together by the hand of fate (or more precisely, a shared sensible desire for a quiet, smoke-free environment where they might be able to get some work done). It was here, over copious quantities of tea and overpriced Ginster’s sandwiches